We’re excited to announce the beta support for Mesh Manager in the Konnect Terraform Provider — a new tool that brings the power of infrastructure-as-code to Kong’s Service Mesh management platform. This provider enables engineering teams to declaratively manage Konnect Mesh resources using HashiCorp Terraform.
Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp. It allows users to define and provision data center infrastructure using a declarative configuration language known as HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform enables the safe and efficient building, changing, and versioning of infrastructure across various service providers.
By codifying infrastructure, Terraform allows for consistent and repeatable deployments, reducing the potential for human error and facilitating collaboration among teams.
Terraform relies on plugins called providers to interact with cloud providers, SaaS providers, and other APIs. Each provider is responsible for understanding API interactions and exposing resources and data sources that Terraform can manage. Providers enable Terraform to manage a wide range of infrastructure components, from low-level resources like compute instances and storage to high-level services like DNS entries and SaaS features.
The Mesh Manager support in Konnect Terraform Provider is a new addition to the ecosystem, enabling users to manage Kong Mesh resources declaratively. With this provider, you can codify your mesh infrastructure, making it easier to version, audit, and collaborate on changes. The provider supports the creation and management of Control Planes as well as all mesh resources and policies.
An example of creating a Control Plane, a Mesh, and a MeshTrafficPermission looks like this:
Please refer to the getting started guide for a step-by-step tutorial.
Using the import directive, you can import existing resources into your Terraform state like this:
For a step-by-step guide, please refer to the documentation.
If you’re using the on-prem version of Kong Mesh, there is a separate provider https://github.com/Kong/terraform-provider-kong-mesh/ (currently in BETA) that is designed especially for that and has the same features for Kong Mesh as the Konnect one.
We welcome your feedback to improve its functionality and stability. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.
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